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CLIENT: BUNSTERS
OUTLET: | NEWS.COM.AU | CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS | PEDESTRIAN TV | 9 HONEY KITCHEN | DAILY MAIL | TIMEOUT
What a massive day for Bunsters!
Renae Bunster, the world famous hot sauce maker, is now crowned Australia's Hottest Vodka Queen. After a massive day of PR, we are pleased to introduce to the world: Bunsters Shit The Bed Infused Vodka.
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CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Businesses are hanging on by a thread in retail strips as the coronavirus crisis devastates the industry but Stonnington Council wants to raise rates for business owners. With retail businesses haemorrhaging money due to COVID-19, Stonnington Council has proposed a 2 per cent increase in rates in its draft budget.
The council says the rise is required due to a “significant fall in revenue and a severely impacted economy as a result of the pandemic’’. But Chapel Street Precinct Association pleaded for the plan to be scrapped at a meeting on Thursday night, claiming store owners have endured an 85 per cent downturn in foot traffic since March.
CSPA president and business owner Justin O’Donnell said the proposed rise would heap pressure on retailers already “on the edge’’.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Chapel St traders are up in arms over a draft plan to remove street parking to make way for bicycle lanes along their struggling shopping strip. Businesses say they are battling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis and the Stonnington council’s latest cycle strategy was a “heartless’’ move. Traders fear the loss of parking between Greville St and Toorak Rd.
Lucky Penny cafe owner Matt Lanigan said his trade had dropped by 80-90 per cent since the restrictions began four months ago and had turned the business to a takeaway and grocery shop
“This latest plan for the street is the last thing we need.’’
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: CHANNEL NINE NEWS MELBOURNE
Trapped in a second lockdown, Chapel Street trader Melissa Glentis is barely holding her cafe Dilly Dally together. The federal government's wage subsidy JobKeeper was a lifeline for her business, however in wake Scott Morrison's announcement that it will reduce after September - Glentis is frightened at the prospect.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Chrissie Maus, General Manager of the Chapel Street Precinct Association, has written a strong opinion piece for The West Australian, detailing her frustration with the Victorian government's handling of containing the pandemic. Chrissie Maus consistently interacts with the media, on behalf of Chapel Street, to ensure the precinct is top of mind in all states across the country.
"It will cost businesses millions and many may never recover. I look fondly to my beloved WA and I see how real leadership has allowed businesses to reopen and stay open, with the local economy roaring back towards prosperity. It really is the tale of two cities. If only we could borrow Mark McGowan for a few months to sort Victoria out.”
CLIENT: BUNSTERS
OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU
Renae Bunster’s hot sauce empire rakes in millions every single year – but you’ll never find her popular products at your local Coles or Woolies.However, she realised she couldn’t go down the traditional route of approaching supermarket juggernauts Coles and Woolworths due to her signature product’s “too naughty” name – Sh*t the Bed Hot Sauce – which she joked would leave customers “fainting in the aisles”.
Instead, the Perth mum sidestepped the major retailers and sold her cheeky range online and via IGAs and butchers.Since launching her business from her own kitchen, sales have doubled every year and now, it rakes in more than $1 million annually.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Fury and frustration have boiled over with businesses savaging Premier Daniel Andrews for his government's virus failures as they brace for more pain during Melbourne's second lockdown.
Chapel St Precinct president Justin O'Donnell lashed out at Mr Andrews demanding he resign for botching management of the pandemic. The precinct's general manager, Chrissie Maus, back her president up saying it was "a crying shame" that businesses were suffering through a second lockdown, despite having strong hygiene and social-distancing practices.
CLIENT: BUNSTERS
OUTLET: SMART COMPANY
A Perth-based hot sauce business with a global cult following has raised over $400,000 through an equity crowdfunding campaign, following a sales spike during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Back in 2012, hot sauce lover-turned-entrepreneur Renae Bunster set out to create a healthier source of spice, using Aussie-grown fruits and veggies wherever possible. Bunsters’ flagship Shit the Bed Hot Sauce has been the number one selling hot sauce on Amazon in the US, and that plus three other products are on the shelves in 600 independent supermarkets around Australia. The business now generates about $1 million in revenue every year.
And even during the COVID-19 crisis, and the economic hardship that has come with it, the business is growing. In March 2020, sales were up 100% compared to the same month last year.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: SUNRISE
Just as the light was at the end of the tunnel, Melbourne small businesses have taken a devastating hit with the re-instatement of stage three lockdowns. Many Chapel Street traders have pivoted and adapted to survive the first lockdown, and are ready to meet the challenge head on. Chrissie Maus, General Manager of CSPA, has said "We've had the dress rehearsal already, we are prepared."
Chapel Street traders shared their thoughts and feelings with the upcoming lockdown with Sunrise.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Australia’s biggest shopping and dining strip has slammed Victoria’s handling of COVID-19, saying the second wave is crippling already struggling businesses.
“Every day seems to be getting worse — Daniel Andrews’ failure will now cost our great city tens of millions of dollars and lost jobs, and that is devastating for all our businesses that are doing the right thing,” the association’s general manager Chrissie Maus said.
